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Unreal Engine to move to using Y-up (midwest.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Justdaveisfine@midwest.social to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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[–] dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I always thought about it like this. Put your fancy page with X-Y coordinates on the ground. Add a new dimension perpendicular to the ground. This is the Z-axis, it goes up.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

I have to agree as well, the ground is the most natural plane to be x-y.

[–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But in those cases, isn't positive Z going "away" from you ? I.e. Into the ground ?

And in math classes this has always been described to me as adding "depth".

[–] dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I could see that being totally valid after thinking about it for a second!

I imagine it as a new dimension growing “up” out of the X/Y plane (as burrowing into the ground would be going into “occupied” space, it’s forbidden). But “depth” does make that make more sense.